Term: Status epilepticus

A condition in which seizure activity (ictus phase) lasts longer than...

Localize: Acutely down Rottie

7 1/2 yr FS Rottie with acute inability to walk

Quiz: Myasthenia gravis

Patient with myasthenia gravis. Test your neuro knowledge! Don’t worry, we don’t grade!

COTM: Shaking Papillon

3yr FS Papillon with 2-day history of shaking

Localize: Maltese mix with abnormal gait

1yr FS Maltese mix with 1-week progressive gait disturbance

Term: Titubation

Staggering or stumbling gait that is characteristic of...

Localize: Ataxic Bernese

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6yr MC Bernese with 1-month progressive weakness & ataxia

Neuro briefs – March 2018

Adverse event after IV Keppra bolus, reduced hearing with some topical ear antibiotics, and more

Localize: Cavalier that can’t blink

8yr M CKCS not blinking on right

Tiny reviews – JVIM Jan/Feb 2018

Tiny reviews of intracranial hypertension, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, Keppra in cats, and more

Term: Craniosynostosis

Premature closure and fusion (ossification) of...

Nonambulatory Golden mix

This week’s case is a 6-month-old sexually intact female Golden Retriever mix. She was presented for evaluation following an acute onset of pelvic limb weakness that had progressed to inability to walk the following morning.